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  • Letters to Paulo Freire

    Radical Dialogues on Democratic Education and Courage

    by Jorge Knijnik ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book embarks on a compelling journey to reinvigorate Freire's transformative ideas and apply them to the pressing challenges in twenty-first century education. Through a series of carefully crafted letters, it engages readers in an intimate conversation that reveals the enduring relevance of Freire's philosophy in fostering critical consciousness, social justice, and democratic participation. ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Tales of South American Football

    Passion, Revolution and Glory

    by Jorge Knijnik ...
    Jorge Knijnik's second work of non-fiction via Fair Play Publishing is a compelling contribution to sports literature: a Brazilian-born Australian humanities academic writing about his passion-football-in his homeland and the continent it belongs to.Exquisitely researched and written, it captures the elegance of the star players and the visceral struggles in South American societies describing the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The World Cup Chronicles

    31 Days that Rocked Brazil

    by Jorge Knijnik ...
    Jorge Knijnik's wonderful new book, The World Cup Chronicles - 31 Days that Rocked Brazil, is a unique and different look at the 2014 World Cup and its social, cultural, political and sporting impact on the people of Brazil.The World Cup wasn't 'just' a football tournament for Brazilian people - even though it came to be defined by the infamous 7-1 semi-final result against eventual winners, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Critical History of Health, Sport, and Physical Education

    The Three-legged Curriculum in Australia

    by Michelle Gorzanelli, Jorge Knijnik ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book fills a gap in literature by generating a combined history of Physical Education (PE), School Sport (SS) and Health Education (HE) in New South Wales (NSW) public schools from 1880 to 2024. It includes broad discussions on how political issues such as the World Wars influenced (i) the PE curriculum, which was used as a medium to prepare a ‘fit’ army, (ii) the school sport system, which ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Women’s Football in Latin America

    Social Challenges and Historical Perspectives Vol 1. Brazil

    Edited by Jorge Knijnik, Ana Costa ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The chapters in the Women’s Football in Latin America two volumes will look at the social and historical means of the embodied representation of gender differences that has been deeply embedded in the history of Latin American women and football. The authors identify and analyse how, in a range of ways, Latin American women have found in-between spaces, amid severe macho structures, to establish ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • Women’s Football in Latin America

    Social Challenges and Historical Perspectives Vol 2. Hispanic Countries

    Edited by Jorge Knijnik, Gabriela Garton ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The chapters in the Women’s Football in Latin America two volumes will look at the social and historical means of the embodied representation of gender differences that has been deeply embedded in the history of Latin American women and football. The authors identify and analyse how, in a range of ways, Latin American women have found in-between spaces, amid severe macho structures, to establish ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • Gender and Equestrian Sport

    Riding Around the World

    Edited by Miriam Adelman, Jorge Knijnik ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume brings together studies from various disciplines of the social sciences and humanities ( anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, history and literary theory) that shed light on the equestrian world as a historically gendered and highly dynamic field of contemporary sport and culture. From high level international dressage and jumping, polo and the turf, to the rodeo world of the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Soccer in Brazil

    Edited by Martin Curi ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    No other national stereotype in the world is so closely tied with a sport, as Brazil is with football. The five-time world champions have constructed their national identity around this sport. Perhaps for this reason it’s no wonder that there are many Brazilian social scientists doing research on this theme.The first part of this volume is dedicated to the history of Brazilian football. The main ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Brazil's Dance with the Devil

    The World Cup, The Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy

    by Dave Zirin ...
    One of the Boston Globe's Best Sports Books of the Year: "Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny" (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man).The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cup—the world's most-viewed athletic tournament—in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fear and Loathing in La Liga

    Barcelona vs Real Madrid

    by Sid Lowe ...
    It's Messi vs Ronaldo, it's Catalonia vs Castilla. It's the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs Franco's fascists. It's majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It's the best two teams on the planet going face to face and toe to toe. It's more than a game. It's a war. It's Barcelona vs Real Madrid....Only, it's not that simple. From the wounds left by the civil ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Quality of Home Runs

    The Passion, Politics, and Language of Cuban Baseball

    by Thomas F. Carter ...
    In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. Thomas F. Carter contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, games, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. The Quality of Home Runs is Carter’s lively ethnographic exploration of the interconnections between baseball ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Made in Latin America

    Studies in Popular Music

    Edited by Julio Mendívil, Christian Spencer Espinosa ...
    Series series Routledge Global Popular Music Series
    Made in Latin America serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary Latin American popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of Latin American music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Latin America and provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD